Rietveld W J
Department of Physiology, Leiden University, Netherlands.
Braz J Med Biol Res. 1996 Jan;29(1):63-70.
Rhythmicity is part of our life. All living organisms exhibit in some way or another a form of rhythmicity. Some of these rhythms have a geophysical counterpart in the environment. These are the so-called biological rhythms. This paper gives an introduction to the circadian rhythms, i.e., those rhythms with a period length of about one day. General characteristics and properties are described as well as the control and disturbances of these rhythms.
节律性是我们生活的一部分。所有生物都以某种方式表现出一种节律性形式。其中一些节律在环境中有地球物理对应物。这些就是所谓的生物节律。本文介绍了昼夜节律，即周期长度约为一天的那些节律。描述了其一般特征和特性以及这些节律的控制和干扰情况。
